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It's kind of crazy how much Elon sucks up all the credit for everything his businesses do. It seems like every single other company might highlight other people
by nathanvanfleet 6y ago
It's kind of crazy how much Elon sucks up all the credit for everything his businesses do. It seems like every single other company might highlight other people or whole teams or just the whole company. But for any company that Elon owns it's just precisely something he came up with and is somehow doing every single day.
- jayd16 6y agoI try to think of it as a marketing strategy. Maybe there's more employee recognition internally. I'd hate to work my ass off at one of these places and remain utterly faceless.
- gpm 6y agoI don't think it's even a marketing strategy in itself so much as a side effect of the "just have the ceo continually talking up the tech and ideas" marketing strategy they follow. When it comes up Elon is pretty consistent in giving credit to the employees - it's just he's the only one talking and giving credit isn't a goal either so that gets lost.
- geodel 6y agoMaybe. Though I do not know as a salaried, non-executive employee media recognition is the thing anywhere. At best it might be employee of the quarter type stuff on intranet portal.
- stripline 6y agoSeems to be the same with Bezos at Amazon and was that way with Steve Jobs and Apple.
- speedgoose 6y agoI remember that Johnathan Ive was also a personality during Steve Jobs' time. But I agree, it seems like it's easier to think only about the leader while it's actually the work of thousands of humans.
- jimbokun 6y agoAnd Bill Gates at Microsoft. And Larry and Sergey early on at Google. And...